The RN can send an attack submarine to shadow the Dutch...
Oh wait, those are all in dock for repairs. Well, a couple Harriers could wa...wait, forget I said that. Dispatch a Nimrod maritime patro....strike that, none of those around anymore either.
So you were saying that the first time this happened, the Dutch got away scot-free because the British were laid up due to lack of funding? The past really is prologue!